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Okay, okay so it’s more of a semi-submersible/glass-bottomed-boat but it’s still an awesome toy if you have a mega-yacht and are getting tired of napping on the sun-lounger. The sub is called “EGO” and is built by Raonhaje, a Korean engineering firm, it’s launch date was the 17th of February at the Miami Boat Show. Lanjut →

Just to show that cars aren’t the only vehicles going hybrid the talented teams at International Battery and Electric Marine Propulsion (EMP) have developed the beautiful hybrid catamaran you see above and named it “Tang”. The yacht itself is a 60′ carbon fibre beast and was launched on September 21st this year, Tang is powered by 2 EMP E-motion 18 kW permanent-magnet electric motors and a lithium-ion battery system developed by International Battery, the 144-volt battery pack provides a total energy capacity of 46 kWh. Lanjut →

20,000 leagues under the sea jokes aside, the Phoenix personal submarine is probably the most expensive and almost certainly the coolest hybrid vehicle currently in existence. The incredibly frustrating lack of actual photos of the Phoenix is down to the remarkable secrecy surrounding it. At $78,000,000 USD I guess you’re entitled to keep it on the down-low (submarine-pun totally deliberate), Lanjut →

In a sure sign the the world economy is slowly recovering from the quagmire of the past year or so the unfortunately named luxury yacht builders “Wally” have teamed up, somewhat inexplicably, with middle-aged-rich-lady-scarf-builders Hermes. The product of this unusual pairing is the above pictured floating-island-solar-yacht named “Wally WHY 58×38″. Yes that is it’s actual name. Lanjut →